§ 10-3.211. Mobile Living Quarters.

(a)

The following are definitions for the purpose of this section:

(1)

The term "mobile living quarters" shall mean any motor vehicle, whether operable or not, and any transportable structure including, but not limited to, a camper shell, mobile home, travel trailer, tent, camp car, camp trailer, recreational vehicle, bus, boat or aircraft that has been designed or equipped to permit human habitation or shelter.

(2)

The term "occupy" shall mean to exhibit the intent to live in mobile living quarters for more than seventy-two (72) hours whether or not their actual occupancy is continuous, as evidenced by such example indices as: sleeping, eating, cleaning, utilizing public utilities, keeping personal goods, or other domestic activities undertaken within and about the mobile living quarters.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to occupy or permit the occupancy of any mobile living quarters on property subject to their control, within the City of Modesto, for more than seventy-two (72) consecutive hours, except as provided below:

(1)

Except as specifically permitted by a provision of this Code.

(2)

Except where fire or natural disaster causes a property owner's permanent home to be uninhabitable, that individual may take up temporary residence in "mobile living quarters" on that individual's property, if they have obtained a building permit to repair or rebuild their home, and the mobile living quarters have been approved for such habitation by the Director. All such approvals shall be in writing. No such approval shall permit any emergency occupancy for more than one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days.